Laos v. Lao Holdings & Sanum, SIAC Case No. ARB 143/14/MV
Investment treaty tribunal · Investment (ICSID and treaty) · Lao Holdings & Sanum, SIAC Case No. ARB 143/14/MV · 29 Jun 2017
Why it matters
Laos v. Lao Holdings & Sanum, SIAC Case No. ARB 143/14/MV, an investment-treaty arbitration in which a foreign investor brought claims against a state. For a student, it is a worked example of investor-state dispute settlement: how a tribunal weighs a state's right to regulate against the treaty protections owed to foreign investors. The tribunal's reasoning is set out in the linked final award.
Summary
Laos v. Lao Holdings & Sanum, SIAC Case No. ARB 143/14/MV: an investor-state final award in italaw/cases/9447, with Lao Holdings & Sanum, SIAC Case No. ARB 143/14/MV as the respondent state. The document is published by italaw, the open database for investment-treaty arbitration. The full reasoning, the treaty relied on and the operative decision are set out in the linked original.
The detail
Parties: Laos v. Lao Holdings & Sanum, SIAC Case No. ARB 143/14/MV
Case number: italaw/cases/9447
Outcome: italaw publishes the final award in italaw/cases/9447. See the original for the operative decision.
Applicable law: The investment treaty invoked and the applicable arbitration rules (ICSID Convention or UNCITRAL Rules); see the linked award.
Issues in play: A foreign investor's treaty protections against a state's sovereign right to regulate, decided by an investor-state tribunal.
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